Monday, June 30, 2008
Backyard Brawl
Yesterday felt productive, yet I still felt bored for more than half the day. My brother came home for the weekend, but he hung out with his girlfriend so we didn't get to chill too much. Let's get back to Sunday. When I woke up, I remembered my dad had a vintage Schwinn road bike in the backyard shed. I thought to myself, theres only boxes to move out and around. For a good hour and a half, I battled through small and big boxes, and some weird ass objects i've never seen before. I didn't know the frame was buried under 3 different bikes and wrapped around a vacuum tank thing. I swear, just imagine a vacuum with tank treads and an armor shell. After pulling the bike with all my might, it finally budged through and I came out victorious. Cleaned off the bike of dust and webs, stripped most of what was on it, except the kickstand which is welded on the frame and the cranks. I wanted to strip the rest of the bike so I can paint it (white) and slowly rebuild it. But Im going to spend much of my money on my upcoming bike, so it leaves me with nothing for the Schwinn. I think I'm just going to post it on craigslist and sell it for 100 bucks. I really want to sell it to a friend who is committed to build up this bike. I want to see how it looks after all these years. If anybody wants it, 75 bucks and its all yours. Just remember, a lost of work needs to be put into it before you can ride it. New wheels, stem, cranks, chain, handlebars, seatpost, seat, and paint. Probably around 200 bucks would put this on the road again.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Don't Forget!
Forgetfulness Animated Poem by Billy Collins.
I was just reading another book I bought today by Billy Collins. I really like his poetry, except for the end of his poems are really random. Well at least for most of them.
I was just reading another book I bought today by Billy Collins. I really like his poetry, except for the end of his poems are really random. Well at least for most of them.
Monday, June 23, 2008
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Oh Hai Der
I haven't been posting on this blog for a while. I really haven't been doing anything other than lagging on my essays. Let's do a quick recap on yesterday before I head off. I went to Dotty's Pond near Bernal Intermediate to snap some photos of Nasser and his buddy Milad. Chased some quails, ate some wild berries, and stared at deer. Later that night, Tina and I drove up to Mt. Hamilton to watch the sunset. We got a nice view of the city and the fires near Santa Cruz. After that, I met up with Tina Tran and Joey and we hit up the Hookah Lounge(Shisha) in downtown. Well there you go, a MEAH Saturday.
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Saturday, June 21, 2008
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Friday, June 13, 2008
Attitudes and Feelings Both Desirable and Sometimes Secretive
Well, I haven't blogged for a while so I have no idea where to start. The past few days I haven't been doing anything interesting other than taking photos at night. Pictures were taken at Stipe school around 10-11ish at night. Dan, Nas, Kim Long, Huy Dao, Tina, and I all got hyphy with the ghetto ass gangsters there, but it was alright. So this blog will just be pictures. (sorry for the whacked out sizing)
Monday, June 9, 2008
No more Photo Proj
Just finished up my photo projects yesterday, now all I have to do is get them printed at Wolf. Hopefully, those prints will turn out well enough to turn in.
Continuing from last post's portrait of Nasser.
Wrapping up my 3rd Photo Project of three photos that tell a story. Note: these are just candid portraits, not actual photo.
Now, let's recap a little bit. The first photo was taken at Dan's during night time, and his room is very very dim. So, we had to get this lamp that heats up a million degrees in a matter of seconds and use that for our lighting. We softened the lighting by placing pieces of computer paper over the lamp.
Since this project is suppose to be photos that tell a story, I'll let you figure out whats going on.
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My fourth project was taken at Dana Rock Park. I forgot what the project was called, but its suppose to be a scenic photo. Its really hard to explain, and its too early in the morning for my brain to step it into first gear.
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Not too happy with the picture quality, and I want to re-take them. We'll see, we'll see.
Continuing from last post's portrait of Nasser.
Wrapping up my 3rd Photo Project of three photos that tell a story. Note: these are just candid portraits, not actual photo.
Now, let's recap a little bit. The first photo was taken at Dan's during night time, and his room is very very dim. So, we had to get this lamp that heats up a million degrees in a matter of seconds and use that for our lighting. We softened the lighting by placing pieces of computer paper over the lamp.
Since this project is suppose to be photos that tell a story, I'll let you figure out whats going on.
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My fourth project was taken at Dana Rock Park. I forgot what the project was called, but its suppose to be a scenic photo. Its really hard to explain, and its too early in the morning for my brain to step it into first gear.
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Not too happy with the picture quality, and I want to re-take them. We'll see, we'll see.
Friday, June 6, 2008
Heute ist Freitag
Let's sorta recap on what went down yesterday. I watched two movies, Semi Pro starring Will Farrell and The Eye with Jessica Alba.
Semi Pro
Personally, I thought this movie was kinda retarded. Even though Will Farrell is a genius, It's another one of those movies that fits in the same category of Talladega Nights. It had its funny parts but overall, the movie sucked. I wouldn't be surprised that it got bad ratings because I dont remember it ever being in theaters. Anyways, its about a small basketball league thats about to close down, and the top four teams are going to merge into the NBA. Will Farrell's character's team has him the owner, coach, promoter, and power forward. Instead of actually playing the game of basketball, he focuses on entertaining the five people as an audience. His team tries to get into the top four hoping to merge the team in the NBA. Overall rating: 6 out of 10.
The Eye
This movie starring Jessica Alba(she is so hot) is pretty straight forward. She's blind, gets a new pair of eyes, the eyes are haunted, and she tries to figure out what the donor went through. Jessica Alba's character is blind because she played with firecrackers when she was five(lol?). Then the doctor got some eyes from a donor and stuck them into Alba's head. Little do they know, the past donor could see death before it happens, and that gift carried on into Sydney(Sorry thats the name of Jessica Alba's character, I wouldve put that earlier, but I dont wanna go back). She doesn't realize whats happening at first, so she goes on a investigation and figures out what happened with the donor. Its a pretty cool movie, it isnt scary though. I think the scare factor would fall similarly to The Orphanage, maybe a little less scarier. Overall rating: 8.5 out of 10.
Last night, Dan, Joey, Jon, Kim, and Nas came by and hung out for a bit. Didn't do much but it was chill. We haven't chilled outside my house for a month or so. We all figured that since we're always bored, we decided to go back to gunbound. Yeah yeah, its a kiddie game but it keeps our interest and its a free game to play. Since gas is expensive up the ass, nobody ever wants to drive anywhere. So gunbound is a great way to avoid the high gas prices. Bring your cacktop to Dan's or just DL it onto your computer at home.
We chrilled at my house.
Gunbound.
Semi Pro
Personally, I thought this movie was kinda retarded. Even though Will Farrell is a genius, It's another one of those movies that fits in the same category of Talladega Nights. It had its funny parts but overall, the movie sucked. I wouldn't be surprised that it got bad ratings because I dont remember it ever being in theaters. Anyways, its about a small basketball league thats about to close down, and the top four teams are going to merge into the NBA. Will Farrell's character's team has him the owner, coach, promoter, and power forward. Instead of actually playing the game of basketball, he focuses on entertaining the five people as an audience. His team tries to get into the top four hoping to merge the team in the NBA. Overall rating: 6 out of 10.
The Eye
This movie starring Jessica Alba(she is so hot) is pretty straight forward. She's blind, gets a new pair of eyes, the eyes are haunted, and she tries to figure out what the donor went through. Jessica Alba's character is blind because she played with firecrackers when she was five(lol?). Then the doctor got some eyes from a donor and stuck them into Alba's head. Little do they know, the past donor could see death before it happens, and that gift carried on into Sydney(Sorry thats the name of Jessica Alba's character, I wouldve put that earlier, but I dont wanna go back). She doesn't realize whats happening at first, so she goes on a investigation and figures out what happened with the donor. Its a pretty cool movie, it isnt scary though. I think the scare factor would fall similarly to The Orphanage, maybe a little less scarier. Overall rating: 8.5 out of 10.
Last night, Dan, Joey, Jon, Kim, and Nas came by and hung out for a bit. Didn't do much but it was chill. We haven't chilled outside my house for a month or so. We all figured that since we're always bored, we decided to go back to gunbound. Yeah yeah, its a kiddie game but it keeps our interest and its a free game to play. Since gas is expensive up the ass, nobody ever wants to drive anywhere. So gunbound is a great way to avoid the high gas prices. Bring your cacktop to Dan's or just DL it onto your computer at home.
We chrilled at my house.
Gunbound.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Photo Proj Tuesday
Well, for about 4-5 hours with Dan, I started my final photo project earlier this afternoon. Im about to head out and take the final photo to finish up the final project. I re-shot Nasser's part in my 3rd project today and it was successful.
I wont release what my photo projects are about until i actually finish them up.
But here's a sneak preview of Niggidy Nas.
I wont release what my photo projects are about until i actually finish them up.
But here's a sneak preview of Niggidy Nas.
Monday, June 2, 2008
Photo Project Gone Bad
Update:
Before Nas and Joey came by, Dan and I were testing out cheaply made plastic boomerangs. This is time it was during the day and we didnt have to duck and cover too much(The sun would blind us when the boomerang would be in the air). We shoot some imaginary enemies with our iron-sight suppressed m4carbine(No jk).
Boomerang Goez!
Iron-Sighted Suppressed
M4 Carbine
Damn, just started my upcoming 3 photo project. Started the first photo with Nasser and none of the damn photos were focused. Big giant horse cock in tiny mouth. Out of 1392643895345 only like 2 photos were focused. Im going to continue on my project this week and shoot for finishing it next Tuesday.
At least one photo came out good. Too bad it doesnt help my project progress.
Before Nas and Joey came by, Dan and I were testing out cheaply made plastic boomerangs. This is time it was during the day and we didnt have to duck and cover too much(The sun would blind us when the boomerang would be in the air). We shoot some imaginary enemies with our iron-sight suppressed m4carbine(No jk).
Boomerang Goez!
Iron-Sighted Suppressed
M4 Carbine
Damn, just started my upcoming 3 photo project. Started the first photo with Nasser and none of the damn photos were focused. Big giant horse cock in tiny mouth. Out of 1392643895345 only like 2 photos were focused. Im going to continue on my project this week and shoot for finishing it next Tuesday.
At least one photo came out good. Too bad it doesnt help my project progress.
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Ghosts en Espanol
El Orfanato
Last night I watched El Orfanato at Tina's movie night. It was a Spanish flick with english subtitles. Its about this chick and her family, they return to the house she grew up as an orphan hoping to house kids in special needs(retards). The chick and her husband adopted this prick kid who has an illness and he can see the spirits in the house. I dont feel like talking about too much of the movie because I'm getting lazier to type it out and I don't want to spoil it for anyone. Anyways, I really enjoyed the movie, it has a pretty solid story that keeps you on the edge. I'd give it a 9 out of 10. Btw, its not a scary movie, just thrilling, not scary.
Man vs. Ghost
I had this vision last night about my own ghost movie I can abuse the power of special effects with. It's going to be called Man vs. Ghost, simple title that gets to the point. I like that. It's going to about a man who has problems in the city and needs to get away and move out into the country side to relieve all his stress. He rents this old Victorian home and at first sight, he falls in love with it. It begins all happy and gives a sign of hope. Then those random scenes where he leaves a room, and suddenly a door in the background closes. This would be the first sign that the house is haunted. Well to get to the whole point of the movie. The man moves to house, experiences hauntings, does investigation, discovers that a soul of a murderer is lurking around, then the climax of the movie begins. He must fight the ghost without fear to get rid of it forever. So he goes to the gun shop and purchases a dozen of rifles and handguns. As he returns home, he is ready to fight fire with fire. When he sees the silhouette, he starts firing aimlessly and as the apparition evades the fire, it dual wields high power pistols and shoots back. Now we have an intense fire fight around the house, both with weapons and fist-to-fist. The main character is being chased by the ghost and with the help of John Woo, the man jumps and turns 180 degrees in mid air and shoots his rifle behind him. Remember this is all in slow motion. As he hits the floor still shooting, he hits the gas line and realizes he must get out of the house. As he jumps out the front window, the house blows up into the night sky. He gets into his car and drives off. Suddenly, a truck pulls behind him at full speed, he sees through his rear view mirror that there isnt a driver and something is shooting at his car. Now we have a crazy driving/shooting scene. After 5 minutes of driving and shooting, they both total their cars and start fist fighting. When the main character loses the fist fight, he prays and the ghost disappears into the night. I need more work on the ending but i'll pull through. The movie is going star Morgan Freeman as the main character and Tom Cruise as the apparition. Since Morgan Freeman is pretty old, I want to use Jackie Chan as the stunt double. When I have them contacted, I'll have a release date on my movie then.
Last night I watched El Orfanato at Tina's movie night. It was a Spanish flick with english subtitles. Its about this chick and her family, they return to the house she grew up as an orphan hoping to house kids in special needs(retards). The chick and her husband adopted this prick kid who has an illness and he can see the spirits in the house. I dont feel like talking about too much of the movie because I'm getting lazier to type it out and I don't want to spoil it for anyone. Anyways, I really enjoyed the movie, it has a pretty solid story that keeps you on the edge. I'd give it a 9 out of 10. Btw, its not a scary movie, just thrilling, not scary.
Man vs. Ghost
I had this vision last night about my own ghost movie I can abuse the power of special effects with. It's going to be called Man vs. Ghost, simple title that gets to the point. I like that. It's going to about a man who has problems in the city and needs to get away and move out into the country side to relieve all his stress. He rents this old Victorian home and at first sight, he falls in love with it. It begins all happy and gives a sign of hope. Then those random scenes where he leaves a room, and suddenly a door in the background closes. This would be the first sign that the house is haunted. Well to get to the whole point of the movie. The man moves to house, experiences hauntings, does investigation, discovers that a soul of a murderer is lurking around, then the climax of the movie begins. He must fight the ghost without fear to get rid of it forever. So he goes to the gun shop and purchases a dozen of rifles and handguns. As he returns home, he is ready to fight fire with fire. When he sees the silhouette, he starts firing aimlessly and as the apparition evades the fire, it dual wields high power pistols and shoots back. Now we have an intense fire fight around the house, both with weapons and fist-to-fist. The main character is being chased by the ghost and with the help of John Woo, the man jumps and turns 180 degrees in mid air and shoots his rifle behind him. Remember this is all in slow motion. As he hits the floor still shooting, he hits the gas line and realizes he must get out of the house. As he jumps out the front window, the house blows up into the night sky. He gets into his car and drives off. Suddenly, a truck pulls behind him at full speed, he sees through his rear view mirror that there isnt a driver and something is shooting at his car. Now we have a crazy driving/shooting scene. After 5 minutes of driving and shooting, they both total their cars and start fist fighting. When the main character loses the fist fight, he prays and the ghost disappears into the night. I need more work on the ending but i'll pull through. The movie is going star Morgan Freeman as the main character and Tom Cruise as the apparition. Since Morgan Freeman is pretty old, I want to use Jackie Chan as the stunt double. When I have them contacted, I'll have a release date on my movie then.
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